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#FLPNoShameNovember: True Confessions of a Librarian

I am a librarian and I do not like to read literature. There, I said it. Don’t get me wrong, I love to read—I just don’t like “the classics” as a genre. The Brontës put me to sleep. And don’t get me started on Ulysses. (Sorry to all my wonderful Rosenbach colleagues, but I just don’t want to spend my time reading a book that needs 10 other books—at least—to explain to me how brilliant it is.) Every other year or so, I break out one of those books that I’m supposed to read in order to see if I will like it. Nope.

For the entire month of November, Free Library staff will be embracing our so-called “guilty pleasures” without embarrassment! Join in and show us your pride for whatever you’re reading, watching, or listening to by snapping a photo with the hashtag #FLPNoShameNovember. We’ll feature your photos on our socialmedia accounts and curate a list of the now-shameless titles!

Comments

I'm right there with you!
I don't understand why I'm supposed to love Pride & Prejudice, it bores me. I slogged through some Somerset Maugham but would much rather cozy up with Neil Gaiman, Mercedes Lackey, Neil Stephenson, Charlaine Harris, Gail Carriger, or any number of cozy, fast, fun reads.
Steph - Philadelphia
Mon, November 23, 2015

Some classics are yawners - especially the ones that have so much narration. I'm into history - fictional as well as actual. Love Barbara Tuchman and Will and Ariel Durant. Ann Watkins - Overbrook
Tue, November 24, 2015

I could not get through Anna Karenina (there are too many characters) and that put me off Tolstoy for good. I forced myself to finish Moby Dick by skipping whole chapters about rope, knots and other sailing minutiae. And I could never understand why Wuthering Heights is supposed to be romantic. I'm still making myself read classics just to see if they're any good but I'd rather read Nalini Singh any day. Janae - Nicetown
Tue, November 24, 2015

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